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Test your knowledge with the World Capital Locator Quiz. Can you pinpoint the world capitals on the map and earn the highest score?

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Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

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World Capital Locator

Directions

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each world capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

Double-click where the capital is.

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TehOnlyAnd1

1 month ago

I hadn’t heard that Equatorial Guinea has a new capital. So when the name came up, you all know where I clicked.

avrand6

7 months ago

I got Brazzaville immediately after Kinshasa… nice!

Tobydragonblade

9 months ago

Hardest ones are the small random African and European countries.

TehOnlyAnd1

1 month ago

Reply to Tobydragonblade

I had most trouble with Pacific nations as it was not always clear on which island the capital is located.

MrBg131

1 year ago

Hardest capitals for me :
-Juba of South Sudan
Palikir of FS of Micronesia

tendog

2 years ago

This reminds me a lot of Globetrotter XL. I’d love more games like this, with other cities.

barmanitan

2 years ago

Would it be possible to add an average points per city score/leaderboard too?

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to barmanitan

no sorry, just total. you’d have to divide by 197 to get average.

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